whoops i misused the guest book. but i’ll reiterate the general spirit of my question here: you still out there? And do you know of other indie websites that do transgressive and erotic art?

i appreciate you reaching out. i found your message in my guest book at a very vulnerable time wherein i had considered throwing in the towel on my web empire entirely. unfortunately i still have no way to contact you directly because the form did not send me your email, so i hope this finds you.

as for your questions:

i have not been active in creating the kind of illustrative art you are describing. i do not know when or if i will return to it and what that will look like. while i still appreciate and believe in it, it is not a priority at this stage of my life, so for now it will stay as it is to be re-integrated whenever that time comes. i can’t say for sure who is doing what i’m doing but you can check out my links page to find artists who may be creating art in a similar vein.

however, i have still been somewhat active as a webMaster. your first message inspired me to do some tune-ups on my site so i have been doing some housekeeping and am hoping to upload more of my older art over time. i am also currently collaborating on erocreativeresources, which is a website dedicated to supporting adult artists against online censorship. mind that this is all between a full-time job, a part-time job and freelance work, so updates will come when they come.

regarding freelance work, i am still open for illustration commissions should you be interested but i’ve been meaning to update my prices for quite some time, so i’d expect they be higher should you reach out. i am also interested in doing portfolio site commissions geared specifically towards adult artists sometime in the future, but i am still trying to sort out what that looks like in practice. in due time.

as always you are welcome to sign up for my newsletter where i send out updates as to what i’ve been up to. i had hoped to have 50 pieces uploaded to my art archive before announcing a full launch but we’ll see how that comes about. you are also welcome to send me another message using my ask box form with your email included if you’d like to chat directly.

you’ve done a great deal to pull me back from the ledge. i hope you are well and wish you the best.

First of all, I love your art and your characters. I was wondering, are you okay with SFW fanart of Darby? If so, should someone DM it to you?

i appreciate it sm! they are very dear to me and yes, you are more than welcome to! you can tag me in it or dm me, whatever works best for you!

What pieces of art or media would you consider to be major inspirations?

easily the most formative media that i’ve ever experienced was yume nikki. masada-sensei’s space ship is one of the greatest het age gappy liminal spaces i’ve come across in media. at its core it is a man and a girl who cannot communicate sharing a space owned by him and unfamiliar to her. it gives me such heartaching comfort, but you can’t stay on the ship forever.

naturally homestuck. its influence was so heavy that i used to be able to clock former homestuck fans in online art communities years and years later. the web-focused approach to webcomics was incredibly influential to me over the plot or art direction when i realized just how much i could do as i continued to study web development. but it had your brocon, age gap if you squint, etc. none of my current ocs were fan trolls but uhhh (throws horns on it)

i think i am most heavily influenced by the feeling some media leaves me with over a literal, more stylistic visual influence. i struggle to say “this is this artist’s linework” or “these are that artists’s color palettes.” within my own art, i focus on a feeling i’m trying to leave a viewer with and build everything else around it. it leaves me open to translate those core emotions across different subjects and mediums.

this is such a nice question! i appreciate you asking.

Can you tell Darby how cute she is for me? >_<

she said “thenk you”

What are Darby’s feelings about animals ? Does she enjoy their company or not ?

darby doesn’t mind cats or small animals in general but she is very easily intimidated by larger animals, especially dogs.